“All over India, all over the world, as the sun or the shadow of darkness moves from east to west, the call to prayer moves with it, and people kneel down in a wave to pray to God. Five waves each day - one for each namaaz - ripple across the globe from longitude to longitude. The component elements change direction, like iron filings near a magnet - towards the house of God in Mecca.” PeopleWorldMovingHousePrayerDarknessSunFivePrayingElementsShadowIndiaWestWaveEastEach DayIronGlobesComponentsPraying To GodMagnetRippleMeccaFilingHouse Of God Book:A Suitable Boy Source: A Suitable Boy
“The deepest life of nature is silent and obscure; so often the elements that move and mould society are the results of the sister's counsel and the mother's prayer.” MovingMotherPrayerResultsSilenceElementsSilentObscureMouldDeepest Life Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin
“The Elements of Prayer|Its ground: God, by whose goodness it springeth in us. |Its use: to turn our will to His will. |Its end: to be made one with Him and like to Him in all things.” MadeEndsUseTurnsPrayerGoodnessElementsAll Things Author:Julian of Norwich
“Winnowing is more like a trip to the confessional...transparent & vulnerable without being sentimental. These songs have elements that are more like prayers & pleas for faith. They're questionings and wrangling in the dark about the journey.” SongDarkPrayerJourneyElementsVulnerableQuestioningSentimentalTransparentWrangling Author:Bill Mallonee
“The greatest element in life is not what occupies most of its time, else sleep would stand high in the scale. Nor is it what engrosses most of its thought, else money would be very high. The two or three hours of worship and preaching weekly has perhaps been the greatest signal influence on English life. Half an hour of prayer, morning or evening, every day, may be a greater element in shaping our course than all our conduct and all our thought.” MayTwoWould BeLife IsThreeCoursesHoursPrayerSleepHalfMorningGreaterInfluenceElementsWorshipScalesEveningPreachingOur ThoughtsSignals Author:Peter Forsyth
“Enthusiasm is more active than faith, though enthusiasm cannot remove mountains nor call into action any of the omnipotent forces which faith can command. Activity is often at the expense of more solid, useful elements, and generally to the total neglect of prayer. To be too busy with God's work to commune with God, to be busy with doing church work without taking time to talk to God about His work, is the highway to backsliding, and many people have walked therein to the hurt of their immortal souls.” PeopleSoulActionForceHurtChurchPrayerActivityMountainElementsBusyActiveCommandEnthusiasmRemoveImmortalNeglectExpensesTake TimeHighwaysToo BusyOmnipotentMove MountainsCommunesImmortal SoulBacksliding Author:Edward McKendree Bounds
“The Lord's Prayer is an excellent model, but it was never intended to be a magical incantation to get God's attention. Jesus gave this prayer as a pattern to suggest the variety of elements that should be included when we pray.” ShouldJesusPrayerAttentionLordPrayingElementsModelsPatternsVarietyExcellent Author:Bill Hybels
“John Berger once defined music by saying that it began as a howl, became a prayer, then a lament, and still contains the elements of all three. I think that's pretty wise. That's about the only way I know how to explain what music is.” ThinkingKnowsWayStillsThreePrayerKnow HowWiseElementsMusic IsDefinedHowlLament Author:John K. Samson
“A growing community must integrate three elements: a life of silent prayer, a life of service and above all of listening to the poor, and a community life through which all its members can grow in their own gift.” ThreeGrowsCommunityPrayerPoorGrowingListeningMembersElementsSilentIntegratingSilent Prayer Author:Jean Vanier
“Prayer is not a means of removing the unknown and predictable elements in life, but rather a way of including the unknown and unpredictable in the outworking of the grace of God in our lives.” WayMeanPrayerGraceOur LivesElementsIncludingUnpredictableGrace Of GodPredictable Author:Philip Yancey